Mná Made: Rewriting the Innovation Playbook with special guest Kelly Vero.
About this event
Get inspired by women tech founders from across the island! Discover info on the WeBuild programme. and how to apply! Meet ledg Kelly Vero!
Rewriting the Innovation Playbook
The future is unfinished. Let’s get to work.
Join TechFoundHer at the Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin for a high-energy lunchtime event for women who are building, experimenting, creating and turning ambitious ideas into action.
This special event brings together founder stories, a practical introduction to the next WeBuild cohort, and a keynote designed to challenge the idea that you need perfect conditions before you start.
You can expect:
- WeBuild: The Full Lowdown with Máirín Murray
- A special keynote and live Q&A with Kelly Vero
- Opportunity to mee women founders who have been taking part in WeBuild since January 2026
- Time to connect, ask questions and meet other women with ideas worth pursuing
Special keynote and Q&A: Kelly Vero — Bionic Founders
At the heart of the event is Kelly Vero - legendary game developer, award-winning founder, creative technologist, author and one of the most distinctive voices in gaming and emerging technology.
Kelly has worked on globally recognised titles including Tomb Raider and Halo 3, and is now co-founder of NAK3D. Her work spans gaming, gamification, immersive technology and the metaverse, with a strong focus on creativity, ethics and how people actually use technology.
Her recent book, Breaking Through Bytes, profiles pioneering women in STEM from ancient Egypt to the modern games industry.
For this event, Kelly will explore the idea of the Bionic Founder - a founder who uses the tools around them to move, test, learn and create without waiting for perfect conditions. The key message is do the work!
Her message is simple:
You don’t need to wait for funding.
You don’t need to wait for the next grant call.
You don’t need permission to start.
Get to work
Being “bionic” is about taking getting moving and making progress:
What can you test now?
Who can you speak to now?
What can you learn by putting something real into the world?
Meet the WeBuild founders
You’ll also have the chance to meet and hear from some of the women founders who have been taking part in WeBuild since January 2026.
They’ll share a glimpse of what they’ve been building, how their ideas have developed and what they’ve learned through the process of moving from idea to action.
WeBuild: The Full Lowdown
Curious about WeBuild and wondering whether it could be right for you?
Máirín Murray, founder of TechFoundHer, will give you the full lowdown.
She’ll talk you through what WeBuild is, who it’s for, what happens during the programme and what you can expect if you take part.
You’ll also hear about the next January 2027 cohort, including:
- Who WeBuild is designed for
- What the programme involves
- What support founders receive
- What we’re looking for in applicants
- How the application process works
- What happens once you join
And there’s big news: applications for the next WeBuild cohort open on Monday 7 September 2026, with the programme starting in January 2027.
If you have an idea you keep coming back to, a problem you want to solve, or the beginnings of a tech-enabled venture, this is your chance to find out whether WeBuild could help you move it forward.
You don’t need to arrive with a finished product, a perfect pitch deck or all the answers.
Bring the idea. Bring the questions. Bring the willingness to start.
About WeBuild
The WeBuild programme is led by InterTradeIreland, in partnership with Invest Northern Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.
It is supported under the Shared Island Enterprise Scheme, funded by the Government of Ireland.
TechFoundHer is the delivery partner for WeBuild.
Applications for the January 2027 cohort open on Monday 7 September 2026.
Find out more:
https://intertradeireland.com/entrepreneurship/womens-entrepreneurship/webuild
Event details
Wednesday 23 September 2026
12:00pm–2:00pm
Guinness Enterprise Centre
The Liberties
Dublin 8, D08 YPP9
Refreshments included. Registration essential via Eventbrite.
Come for the keynote. Meet the founders. Get the WeBuild lowdown. Leave ready to do something with your own ideas.
Rewriting the innovation playbook starts with doing the work.
Let’s get to work.
Source: eventbrite